Grateful Dead Live at Capital Centre on 1974-07-29
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- Publication date
- 1974-07-29 ( check for other copies)
- Topics
- Soundboard, Charlie Miller
- Collection
- GratefulDead
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- Grateful Dead
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Promised Land, Sugaree, Black Throated Wind, It Must Have Been The Roses, Cumberland Blues, Scarlet Begonias, Jack Straw, Deal, El Paso, To Lay Me Down, Weather Report Suite Prelude-> Weather Report Suite Part 1-> Let It Grow
Set 2
Phil & Ned*, He's Gone-> Truckin'-> Nobody's Fault But Mine-> The Other One-> Wharf Rat-> Spanish Jam-> Around & Around, Peggy-O, U.S. Blues, Sugar Magnolia, E: Casey Jones
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Song Title | Versions | Compilations | Covers |
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Promised Land | |||
Sugaree | |||
Black Throated Wind | |||
It Must Have Been The Roses | |||
Cumberland Blues | |||
Scarlet Begonias | |||
Jack Straw | |||
Deal | |||
El Paso | |||
To Lay Me Down | |||
Weather Report Suite | |||
He's Gone -> | |||
Truckin' -> | |||
Nobody's Fault But Mine -> | |||
The Other One -> | |||
Spanish Jam -> | |||
Wharf Rat | |||
Around And Around | |||
Peggy-O | |||
U.S. Blues | |||
Sugar Magnolia | |||
Casey Jones |
Notes
Notes:
-- Discs 2 and 3 can be rejoined seamlessly
-- This source does not have any digital noise reduction like shnid=2277
-- Thanks to Jeff Fishman for his help with this project
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
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- 2010-05-20 06:18:34
- Identifier
- gd1974-07-29.sbd.miller.107756.flac16
- Lineage
- Dat -> Sound Devices 744T -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC
- Location
- Landover, MD
- Run time
- 164:50.15
- Transferred by
- Charlie Miller
- Type
- sound
- Venue
- Capital Centre
- Year
- 1974
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Reviews
Subject: Lead-in to '74 hotness
The better Hartford, and Jersey City (a best of '74) shows happened the week after, shading this night. But there's good stuff every night of this tour. This was the 1st of 29 shows in DC's then-new Cap Centre, which was built to hold a then-whopping 20,000. One of the strongest markets for the band, they played nearby RFK Stadium 15 times and the Merriweather Post, just a few miles north, 6 times.
First Set. Starts about average (going out of tune by Must Have Been Roses) until the stand-alone Scarlet. Its jam out is where the ship begins to float and the rest of the set flies. The Wall of Sound didn't play well with recording equipment but Jer's tone on Deal is incredible. Every part is in place, every musician's adding to El Paso, all the way through the hot Weather Report Suite.
Second Set. After a Seastones set, Jer takes a little different approach to a He's Gone that's just sparkling. Bobby flubs Truckin' (and??) but Jer is very active and starts a big, loose 26-min jam with a brief TOO. Nobody's Fault starts as a Spoonful riff. The Other One happens - but just one verse, then it dissolves back into a crazy jam, into a tight Wharf Rat. The rest is average but for a hot U.S. Blues (which makes sense at the time in the Columbia District). Sugar Magnolia gets better and better as the jam develops, though there are better ones from summer '74. Sounds like they don't leave the stage, so Casey Jones isn't an encore per se.
1st Set: B-
2nd Set: B-
Overall = 3½ stars
Highlights:
El Paso - nailed
Weather Report Suite - entire suite sweet
He's Gone - sparkling
The Other One - fever jam
Wharf Rat - smooth as it gets
U.S. Blues - check Billy, especially
SOURCES: The miller_107756 is the best SBD. The seamons matrix (107990), however is particularly good/lively. The Dave's Picks 2 Bonus has Sugaree, WRS, and He's Gone through Wharf. It runs 1% fast - probably tolerable to most listeners.
Subject: Fire WRS
Subject: good for this tour
underrated because of '72 and '73...
Subject: So beautiful!
Subject: underated indeed!!
Subject: Underrated gem
It's almost fair to pick from this show but that WRS>Let it Grow is an absolute beauty. A special mention to georgeous versions of Jerry's ballads (TLMD, Roses) as well.
I swear that jam in Wharf Rat was going to veer off into New Potato Caboose at any moment!
Subject: Sandy 2012
Subject: Great Recording... Keith was amazing !
Subject: awesome lesser-known gem of '74
Subject: lovin it
Subject: 7-29-74
Subject: Old Capital Centre
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